从MySQL数据库中创建数组…如何在PHP中删除方括号和双引号？

Question

I am trying to retrieve an array from a mySQL db and print the output to the screen.

The array is encoded prior to writing to the db with the following:

$itemsarray = json_encode($items);

It is then INSERTed into the db with the following query:

mysqli_query($con, "INSERT INTO pages (email, date, items, title, url, expiry) VALUES ('$email', '$timestamp', '$itemsarray', '$title', '$new_url', '$expiry')")

When I retrieve the value for $itemsarray onto the screen, the output appears like this: ["forks","knives","spoons","plates","cups","mugs","napkins"] .

I'm familiar with PHP and relatively new to actually writing any MySQL queries so it took me a while to just get it written and returned, so please be easy on me here. :)

Do I need to write a function of some sort that strips out the " " and [ ], or do I need some further arguments within my JSON function?

Answer 1

Per @Mark Baker 's recommendation, this is what worked:

$items_list = $row['items'];
$list = json_decode($items_list);
$comma_separated = implode(", ", $list);
echo $comma_separated;

It outputs something like this:

List Contents: forks, knives, spoons, plates, cups, mugs, napkins

Thanks Mark!